I imagined what he might look like up close, his dark hair and olive skin, some stubble. From what I could tell he was older than I was. As my twenty-...ixth birthday was approaching, I realized I’ve been noticing older men in a way I hadn’t before. I stood against the counter, took a sip of my hot coffee and Micah darted into my mind. Micah was the same age as I was. We had met ten years ago in high school when I was a depressed, suicidal teenager. He swooped in and taught me how to love myself.. I had not been too intelligent here and kicked myself mentally. The young woman had seen the last part of our flight. In her state she could be mistaken I thought. I said in Bantu, "We are doctors," to the girl. The woman was so distraught that she didn't even know we were here. The baby had the umbilical cord around his neck and would strangle soon and possibly take his mother with him. I explained to dad and put the woman out.Using my hands I was able to push the baby back in a bit and then. "Uh, Miss Wilson," he croaked out hoarsely. "First I'd like to have a drink of water, then your first name, and at least one date before I agree to marriage," he said in a husky, scratchy voice.Pete spent seven days in the hospital. Susan was transferred from recovery to his ward. She had to call in some favors, threaten a few people, and do some serious begging to get the assignment change. Pete enjoyed the verbal jousting with Susan about marriage. He wasn't sure if she was serious but he. First contact was a Striker combat vehicle armed with long and short ranged missiles. A deadly little enemy if ignored so we opened up on it as it came in range and it blew up. A further two targets appeared on the scopes. Mechs by the look of them and when we used a sensor lock on one of them we were unpleasantly surprised to see a Panther.Armed with a PPC and a SRM-4 pack, it is a deadly light mech. That PPC does a lot of damage and interferes with sensors when it hits. So that made it a.